Bottle-capping machine.



A. M. BAROODY. BOTTLE UAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APILZZ, 1911.

Patented Apr. 30, 1 912.

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Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

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AYVENTOR I Allarnry ASSAD M. BAROODY, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA;

BOTTLE-CAIPPING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application filed April 22, 1911. Serial No. 622,752.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AssAn M. BARooDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Capping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for capping bottles or the like, and embodies in its construction a traveling bottle carrier, a plunger mechanism for afiixing the caps thereto, and means to deliver the bottles from the carrier after they are capped. Means are provided for forcing the bottle upwardly in the carrier to receive the cap which is held in a holder, the caps being fed to proper position from a chute.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of the machine partly in section. Fig. 2 is anend elevation thereof partly in section. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of the cap feeding and gripping mechanism.

Referring specifically to the drawings, A is the base of the machine and B is the main shaft hearing or support bolted to the base.

C is an arm fastened to the support B, and at its upper end overhangs the traveling carrier and supports the die 0 against which the top of the cap is pressed by, the bottle thereunder.

F is-a lever pivoted on the arm C, and connected at its upper end to a rod G ,Which works through a guide in the arm and has a spring E coiled around the same at the front end thereof. The lower end of the lever runs in a cam groove 5 in a collar on.

the main shaft, whereby the lever F is vibrated.

N is a vertical chute connected to the pivoted hopper J by an inclined chute M, the hopper J being pivoted at L on a support K fastened to the arm C andvibrated up and down by a rod 7 connected to an eccentric 6 on the main shaft, the vibration of the magazine causing the'caps to feed down the chutes M and N.

H is a rod which is pressed by a spring 72. coiled around the same, and the springs E and 72. act to grip a cap between the heads a; at the ends of the rods G and H when said cap is advanced therebetween by the action of the feed plunger P. .Thislunger P works in a casin at the bottom 0 the chute N, and acts to advance caps from said chute to position under the die 0. The plunger P is operated by a lever Q fulcrumed on a bracket R and" intermittently operated by pins S which strike the lower end of the lever Q and serve to retract the plunger P. After the pins pass the lever Q, the plunger is advanced by a spring 20 to feed the caps.

1 is a lever which is pivoted at one end at 4, to the arm C, and is connected at the other end by a pin 21, which extends through a slot in the lever, to the lower end of a plunger 2. The lever 1 is lifted by a cam 3 crank pin 23 connected by 'a rod 8 to a pawl lever 10 which carries a spring pawl engaging a ratchet 24 on the shaft Z which also carries sprocket wheels Y between bearing standards 11 on one end of the base. The sprockets, shaft, and supports, are duplicated at the opposite end of the base. Chain belt-s U extend around these sprockets, in

proper position to pass over the plunger 2,-

and the chains carry bucketsections T which form holders to carry the bottles, the sections being pressed toward each other by springs V, permitting the holders to be opened to facilitate putting the bottles in place and also to accommodate any slight variation in the size of the bottles.

'W is a guide track over which the upper run of the belt passes, said guide track being supported by the arm C and having a depending guide or collar 25 in which the plunger 2 operates. The track W also supports a delivery chute X, leading to a conveyer belt 13 which passes around a wheel 12 between boards 14 to carry the bottlesaway. The main shaft 22 has a pulley D whereby it is driven. J

In order to support the caps in the chute N, and hold them off the plunger P until .the proper time I provide a pair of levers on the main shaft 22 which cam also has a.

advances the cap between the heads 63, and as the bottle rises the rod G is drawn back by the action of the lever l working in the cam groove, to release the cap and permit the bottle to press the same into the die.

The operation is as follows: When the main shaft is turned it revolves the cam. 3 which raises the plunger 2 by means of lever 1, and the plunger rises at each stroke into a holder T and against the bottom of a bottle held thereby, thereby lifting the bottle against the cap which has been advanced by the plunger P and is at that instant held with spring pressure between the plungers G and H, and as the bottle is lifted it presses the cap upwardly into the die 0, forcing the same onto the mouth of the bottle. Then the plunger 2 and the bottle supported thereby drop, and the carrier belt is then advanced by the operation of the crank pin 23, rod 8 and pawl and ratchet 24, bringing the bottle to the mouth of the chute X down which it drops and advancing the next bottle to position over' the plunger 2 which then rises for the next operation. At each step movement of the belt the caps are fed from the lower end of the chute N to posi tion under the die 0 by means of the plunger P which is advanced by the spring 20 after being retracted by the pin S striking the lower end of the lever Q. The hopper J is vibrated in order to feed the caps therefrom. Any suitable mechanism may be used, to feed the caps in position and succession to the chute N. The bottles are placed in the holders T by hand, before said holders reach the capping position. The respective movements will of course be properly timed by means of the cams to pro duce the operations described.

Having thus described my invention, what" near-nee ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. lln a bottle capping machine, the com-- bination of a traveling belt provided with bottle holders and projecting pins, means to advance the belt step by step, a reciprocating plunger over which the belt passes, said plunger being movable into and out of the.

holders to lift a bottle therein as the holders are successively registered with the plunger, a die and cap holder located in the line of movement of the bottle so lifted, a

chute itor caps, a plunger movable from.

said chute to said cap holder to successively advance caps from the chute to the holder, and a lever connected to the plunger and located in position to be struck by the pins on the belt to operate the plunger,

2. In a bottle cappingmachine, the combination of a traveling belt provided with a series of bottle holders, each holder con cated above the carrier and in the line of movement of the bottle andvadapted to apply a cap to the bottle when it is lifted.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ASSAD M. BAROODY.

Witnesses:

D J. Arnrnn, M..A.v Gunner i 

